Assignment #1 “Biography of Rogier van der Weyden” Prepared by: GE161 Art History Jan 30th 2013 Rogier van der Weyden an early Netherlandish painter was originally given the name Rogier da la Pasture (Roger of the Pasture) and was born 1399 in Tournai which would now be called Belgium. He was the son of knife maker Henry de la Pasture and Agnes de Watrelos. Records of his life were destroyed during World War 2 so we cannot be sure as to his early years before he became a recognized
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The Descendent of the Messiah. The Deposition of Christ painted by the artist Rogier van der Weyden is the most influential Netherlandish painting of Christ’s crucifixion. Based on the work’s style‚ and because van der Weyden reached renown around this time‚ is estimated that the painting was created in the year 1435 (1). The painting was an altarpiece‚ intended for the Chapel of the Confraternity of the Archers of Leuven‚ who commissioned it. The scene shown would have lasted a moment‚ but there
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ARCHITECTURAL BOUNDARIES: LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE AND PHILIP JOHNSON Architecture has undergone a rapid and revolutionary transformation in the modern era. Through the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe‚ this essay attempts to chart the transition in architecture from nineteenth century Romanticism and Neoclassicism to High Modernism. Mies van der Rohe redefined architectural boundaries and emphasised the beauty of simple forms‚ the importance of functionality and the versatility of new materials such as
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Analysis van der Steen Candy Company I. Identification and Explanation of Underlying Problems and/or Issues a) Issues: Running a business‚ like that of van der Steen Candy Company is never a particularly easy task‚ especially when there are external macroenvironmental factors that become issues that impact the success of the company. For instance‚ the fact that van der Steen Candy Company was selling candies to a select group of customers is significant to note. Although van der Steen’s word-of-mouth
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Pieter Van der Does‚ chief executive officer of Adyen is the Silicon Valley’s preferred choice for payment processing. Many people‚ well‚ more than half of the nation does not even know about this CEO taking silicon-valley by storm with the fastest developing firm in the e-commerce industry. Competitors like Stripe‚ PayPal‚ and First data are still trying to catch up to the innovative ways this technology company has overwhelmed the process of payments. Pieter Van Der Does started working at Bibit
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District 9 raises a host of moral issues including separation through politically-sanctioned racial segregation‚ xenophobia and a for the most part widened point of view of what constitutes regular humankind. Wikus van der Merwe faces a moral predicament in District 9 when relegated to remove the outsiders. Knowing how seriously he needed to keep his promotion‚ and the stupid character of Wikus‚ it simple to see where the lawfulness and support of the removal may be seen. The outsider region is unmistakably
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Compare and Contrast of “From a Secret Sorrow” and “A Sorrowful Woman” In the short story “From a Secret Sorrow” by Karen Van Der Zee a woman who struggles to tell her fiancé a truth that is killing her inside. The story focuses on two main characters‚ Faye and Kai. Faye is a woman who thought that the world was over for her after finding out she was infertile. Faye had no idea on how to communicate such horrendous news to Kai‚ her fiancé. She was afraid that her Kai was going to leave her and
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Van Der Steen Candy Company Marketing Case Analysis 1. Identification and explanation of underlying problems and/or issues A) Issues that impact the success of the company: Demographic: 25% business 75% consumers‚ foot traffic Social/Cultural: Seasonal business‚ gifts‚ quality conscious‚ health conscious Economic: Premium-discretionary item‚ inflation (ingredient prices) Capital/Legal: haven’t been affected by urban renewal Competitive: Market structure‚ monopolistic competition
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Rogier Van der Weyden was a Flemish painter of the mid-15th century. Rogier was chiefly influenced by his first teacher‚ Robert Campin. Although details of his early training are sketchy‚ it is generally accepted that he entered the workshop of Robert Campin‚ the foremost painter in Tournai and dean of the painters’ guild‚ in 1427 at the age of 27 (http://www.belgium.be). Rogier remained in Campin’s studio for five years‚ becoming an independent master of the guild on August 1‚ 1432. Van der Weyden
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Architecture‚ William G.Ramroth P31) They started to discover the fundamental morality of the building. (The artless word P96) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe‚ as one of the most “Zeigeist” architects in the biography of modern architecture‚ began his career under this ultimate paradox era. Now we scale our eyes down to the three projects successively done by Mies van der Rohe during the 1920s‚ that is the Brick Country House‚ the Wolf House‚ and the Barcelona Pavilion‚ through which‚ we can follow the penetration
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